All aerospace news – Page 845
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Alaska plans additional flights from LA to Mexico City
Alaska Airlines plans to double its capacity between Los Angeles and Mexico City this October. The Seattle-based carrier began operating the route...
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Southwest evaluates adding Boeing 737-800s
Bullish Boeing 737-700 operator Southwest Airlines has unveiled it is evaluating a possible introduction of the larger 737-800.
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NewsAUVSI: Unmanned systems serving many roles in the Gulf of Mexico
Unmanned maritime systems have made several technological advances in recent years and BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill is showing how valuable and effective those systems are for disaster relief efforts.
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Business aviation in brief
PIAGGIO STRATEGY Piaggio is stepping up its sales effort for its P180 Avanti II special missions aircraft as economic conditions continue to squeeze...
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Copa expects Tocumen expansion to provide competitive advantage
Panama's Copa Airlines expects the completion of a terminal expansion project next year at its hub airport will give the carrier a competitive advantage...
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SAS criticised for overrunning fleet-inspection deadlines
SAS Group has accepted criticism from the Danish national audit office after it turned up several instances of the company's operating aircraft beyond the...
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Business aviation in brief
Embraer says the first phase of its 7,430m2 (80,000ft2) Phenom production facility in Melbourne Florida is set for completion this year
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Patroller wins first contract in French fire detection trials
Sagem's Patroller unmanned air vehicle surveillance system is to run a series of imaging trials in southern France, carrying a Sagem Euroflir gyrostabilised...
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Mexico's domestic market contracts in the half-year
Mexican carriers have recorded a slight drop in domestic passenger traffic for the first half of 2010 but a sharp increase for the second quarter.
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PICTURE: United, Continental unveil new branding for combined airline
United Airlines and Continental Airlines have unveiled the new visual branding and livery they will employ after their proposed merger is completed. The...
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Main rotor blade failure caused R44 crash
The fatal crash of a Robinson R44 helicopter (4X-BDM) in Israel in November 2009 was the result of the failure of one of the main rotor blades, according to the report of the Israeli air accident investigator.
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NewsScanEagle makes move on NATO AWACS, V-22
Unmanned aircraft could soon be controlled by Boeing E-3A airborne warning and control system (AWACS) jets operated on counter-piracy missions by NATO.
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NTSB flags concern about Airbus rudder sensitivity to EASA
Similar circumstances between the November 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300-600 and a January 2008 in-flight upset of an Air Canada Airbus...
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Comac picks supplier for C919 interiors
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China has chosen a new Chinese subsidiary of Austrian aircraft components manufacturer FACC to supply the interiors...
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NewsAircell moves to monetise Gogo portal by whitelisting car service
Aircell has partnered with GroundLink to enable passengers to book ground transportation while in-flight without paying for a session of Aircell's Gogo in-flight...
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Majors’ mergers boost A380’s prospects in USA: Airbus
Airbus believes that the consolidation under way among the US major airlines will reinforce the case for the A380 in the region.
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Air Transport in brief
Singapore Airlines has begun the move to a paperless cabin, testing electronic versions of its in-flight magazines on its Panasonic...